KAA seeks fresh input on Sh55bn terminal
Part of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) under construction. Photo/FILE
What you need to know:
- The project, to be known as the Greenfield terminal, has been designed by Pascall and Watson Architects, a firm based in the UK
The airports authority has bowed to pressure and gone back to stakeholders for fresh consultations on the design of the Sh55 billion airport terminal.
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) says it will give stakeholders an opportunity to engage with the project’s architects and accommodate their views in the final design before a Chinese firm which bagged the tender starts construction.
The project, to be known as the Greenfield terminal, has been designed by Pascall and Watson Architects, a firm based in the UK which applied for the tender in conjunction with Anhui Construction engineering group (ACEG).
Anhui is in another joint venture with a second Chinese firm, China National Aero-Technology international engineering corporation (CATIC).
Engagement programme
KAA assured stakeholders that it, together with the project’s architects, draw up an engagement programme where stakeholders such as Kenya Airways, Vision 2030 Secretariat, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, Immigration and Customs, will give their input. Other stakeholders it is targeting include the tourism industry, ground handling firms, other airlines, exporters and importers, security agencies and government bodies.
“The JKIA Greenfield Terminal final designs have not been done and once finalised they shall be implemented and delivered in accordance with input from all stakeholders,” KAA managing director Stephen Gichuki said in a press notice on Thursday.
